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My Bodybuilding Goals

Welcome to my bodybuilding goals page.

Here you will find my lifting goals for the current year. My main focus is on increasing the weight used in all of my lifts.

I am not a fan of the muscle confusion training principle.

You will see that I stick with the same basic lifts month after month after month. My workouts rarely change.

My goal at each workout is to beat the weight used in the last workout.

As long as I am beating my training journal, I feel that I am on the right track.

I do not have a bodyweight goal for the year. I believe that if I keep increasing the weight used in all my lifts, my bodyweight will increase right along with it.

I am always trying to get stronger.

Here is were I finished in 2007, 2008, and my new goals for 2009.

My 2009 Goals

	2009 Goals	2009 Actual
Front Squat	315 lbs x 3	-
Front Squat	275 lbs x 20	-
Deadlift	505 lbs x 3	-
Rack Deadlift	505 lbs x 15	-
Incline Bench Press	250 lbs x 3	-
Bench Press	280 lbs x 3	-
Dips	125 lbs x 3	-
Pullups	65 lbs x 3	-
Reverse Pullups	70 lbs x 3	-

My 2008 Goals

	2008 Goals	2008 Actual
Squat x 50 reps	275 lbs x 50 reps	275 lbs x 20 reps
Squat x 5 sets x 3 reps	360 lbs x 5 sets x 3 reps	-
Deadlift x 15 reps	455 lbs x 15 reps	455 lbs x 6 reps
Rack Deadlift x 5 sets x 3 reps	535 lbs x 5 sets x 3 reps	535 lbs x 4 sets x 3 reps
Bench Press x 7 reps	255 lbs x 7 reps	255 lbs x 4 reps
Dips x 7 reps	100 lbs x 7 reps	100 lbs x 4 reps
Pullups x 7 reps	BW + 40 lbs x 7 reps	BW + 40 lbs x 4 reps
Reverse Pullups x 7 reps	BW + 40 lbs x 7 reps	BW + 40 lbs x 4 reps

* Goals that I made are in green and the ones I missed are in red.

- As you can see, I had a rough year meeting my goals. A few things happened. For one, I think I over estimated how much I thought I could increase the lifts. That was the biggest problem. Second, I gained about 25 lb of bodyweight over the course of the year which added alot more weight to the pullups and dips. And I also hurt my lower back around September which kept me from hitting the deadlifts and squats as hard as I would have liked. The back is better, I am leaning out, and I have made better goals for 2009. I plan on hitting everyone this year.

My 2007 Goals

	2007 Goals	2007 Actual
Squat x 50 reps	250 lbs x 50 reps	250 lbs x 40 reps
Squat x 5 sets x 3 reps	330 lbs x 5 sets x 3 reps	330 lbs x 5 sets x 3 reps
Deadlift x 15 reps	430 lbs x 15 reps	430 lbs x 15 reps
Rack Deadlift x 5 sets x 3 reps	505 lbs x 5 sets x 3 reps	505 lbs x 5 sets x 3 reps
Bench Press x 7 reps	245 lbs x 7 reps	230 lbs x 5 reps
Dips x 7 reps	75 lbs x 7 reps	75 lbs x 7 reps
Pullups x 7 reps	BW + 25 lbs x 7 reps	BW + 25 lbs x 5 reps
Reverse Pullups x 7 reps	BW + 25 lbs x 7 reps	BW + 25 lbs x 6 reps

* Goals that I made are in green and the ones I missed are in red.

Follow my progress toward my yearly goals.

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